After getting off the high-speed rail station and taking the subway to the neighborhood, Ren Suo felt a long-lost sense of home.

Oddly enough, this might be the first time in two years that he had returned home in a regular way.

The first time he went home this year, he was lying in an ambulance from Lianjiang City to Baiyun City, completely unconscious.

The second time he went home, he was sitting in Qiao Muyi's car. He was harassed many times by the female driver like a kept gigolo. He was petting cats and staring at Qiao Muyi all the way. How could he think about going home?

The third time I go home is now. I take public transportation and enjoy the convenience of urban facilities. The speeding high-speed rail, the security check of the subway, the slightly crowded flow of people, and the slightly shaking carriages make Ren Suo taste the happy taste of "waiting".

Ren Suo doesn't like traveling, and one of the important reasons is that he doesn't like to spend time on transportation. Ren Suo has had some motion sickness since he was a child, and he has experienced many incidents of vomiting due to being shaken by the bus during spring and autumn outings. He has become more and more resistant to going out, after all, not every place has a subway.

And even if he could take a taxi, Ren Suo would still have to talk to people with different accents and move around looking at an unfamiliar map before reaching his destination, which undoubtedly made Ren Suo feel very troublesome.

But going home is different.

Going home is like returning from an unfamiliar place to a familiar place. You can plan your route without a map. There are expected queues, station announcements, and even the voices of conversation are full of familiar swear words... It makes people feel at ease.

However, when Ren Suo and his sister were changing subway lines, his sister suddenly grabbed him.

"Can I...go home?"

Ren Suo was confused for a moment: "We are going home now."

"I mean, go back to Lianjiang," Ren Xingmei said with a hint of pleading in her voice, "I'll call mom to explain later. Can we go see them after a while? We don't need to be so anxious."

As she got closer to her familiar home, Ren Xingmei became more and more scared.

She thought she was strong enough to face whatever happened, she thought she was ready to throw herself into a flame, and she thought the determination she made in junior high school would crush all the gossip.

But it is not.

Moths fly into flames because there is nothing in the darkness, so if there is even a glimmer of light, the moth is willing to burn the entire world just to warm itself.

But Ren Xingmei's world is not all dark. She was born to be protected by the warm sun and cared for by the naughty moon.

If Dong Chengling knew her true feelings and Qiao Muyi guessed her mistaken love, it only made Ren Xingmei a little embarrassed. Then, facing this matter with her parents directly, Ren Xingmei suspected that her sanity would collapse.

Ren Xingmei loves her parents more than anyone else. Ren Suo cannot compare to her in terms of deeds or sincerity. 60% of the elopement fund prepared by Ren Xingmei is pension for her parents, which is enough for them to travel around the world in the highest standards before their blood pressure is too high to get on a plane. If they are still not satisfied, they can even take a few more trips.

She had been working on a plan for several years and had written it down in great detail, including how to tell her parents, what to do if they broke up, what to prepare for heart-saving pills, and how often to return home after eloping...

However, now that Ren Suolian hasn't given a reply yet, Ren Xingmei doesn't even dare to see her parents.

She was afraid that Ren Suo would give her an answer that she didn't want to hear, but she was even more afraid that Ren Suo would give her an answer that would disappoint her parents.

Ren Xingmei, who has always hated escaping and believed that a happy future must be achieved through hard work, subconsciously wanted to pull Ren Suo back to Lianjiang to escape reality.

In fact, as long as they don't say anything, their parents will know nothing; even if Ren Suo doesn't give an answer, Ren Xingmei thinks it doesn't matter.

If the status quo could be maintained, it would be the best for Ren Xingmei.

Perhaps, Ren Xingmei had been avoiding it from the very beginning: save enough money before starting, consider it after going to college, and take action after graduation... She kept delaying, and then Dong Chengling, Qiao Mu, and Gu Yueyan appeared one by one.

She could only watch everything happen, and used Ah Q's mental method to draw circles and curse them, hoping that they would hate her brother.

She and Ren Suo had the closest relationship from the beginning, so she was so hesitant, like a child who had a perfect cake. She wanted to taste the deliciousness but didn't want to destroy the perfect appearance. Of course, the most important thing was that she didn't expect anyone to come to share the cake.

Last night when others were discussing the question of 'who comes first and who comes later', Ren Xingmei seemed a little disdainful and a little superior - she was Ren Suo's only childhood sweetheart, and when they were playing in the mud together, you must have not been so childish!

Therefore, Ren Xingmei would rather Ren Suo not reply to her than have their family relationship change drastically now.

She now realized that she had been deceived by Loriface, who had said things like 'Why don't you delay him' and 'Are you willing to do that' to encourage her, but Loriface was completely different from her -

First, Loriface and Los are not biological siblings!

Second, Loriface is an orphan!

She envied Loriface, but she couldn't be Loriface.

Sensing the fear in his sister's voice, Ren Suo exhaled, held her hand and smiled, "Don't worry, everything will be fine. Has your brother ever lied to you?"

With your IQ, you can't fool me!

Ren Xingmei didn't even have the heart to complain. She was led by Ren Suo into the subway like a puppy.

Ren Suo didn't let her go, as if he was afraid that his sister would run away and sneak back to Lianjiang. He held her hand while playing with his phone.

When there was only one stop left to go, Ren Xingmei suddenly tried to break free of Ren Suo's hand, and Ren Suo subconsciously increased his strength. He was now a fourth-level cultivator, and his physical fitness after the cyclone promotion was gradually showing. With his physical fitness, he could easily suppress his sister, a second-level cultivator.

He saw his sister looking at the door anxiously, and when he looked up, he found a girl standing behind them.

"Little Star!" the girl greeted, "Long time no see. I heard you went to Tianlian College? Hey? Are you bringing your boyfriend home?"

Ren Xingmei: "He is my brother."

The girl looked at Ren Suo with stars in her eyes: "Oh...wait, speaking of Little Star, your brother is the Holy Fist who ranks at the top of the third-level monk rankings..."

"That's right, that person is me, Ren Suo, the Master of the Sky-Repairing Hand!" Ren Suo said confidently.

The girl was stunned for a moment, and the little stars in her eyes were all shattered. After exchanging a few words with Ren Xingmei, she consciously walked to the other side and did not disturb them anymore.

After the acquaintance left, Ren Xingmei complained, "Why didn't you let go of my hand just now?"

“Why let go?”

"Avoid suspicion! It would be embarrassing if someone saw us. Luckily, that person is my high school classmate. He is usually very tight-lipped and probably wouldn't say anything nonsense."

Ren Suo scratched his head: "But this is not called avoiding suspicion, right? To avoid suspicion, one must act uprightly, stand straight, and have a clear conscience. You look like you have a guilty conscience..."

Ren Xingmei blushed and asked, "What about you?"

"I?"

Before Ren Suo could answer, the subway arrived at the station closest to their hometown community.

Ren Xingmei exhaled softly, waiting for Ren Suo to take her home. However, until the shield door was closed, Ren Suo did not take her away.

Noticing his sister's puzzled look, Ren Suo smiled and said, "Before we go home for dinner, accompany me to a place first."

After two stops, Ren Suo finally came out with his sister. Without looking at the signs or the map, Ren Suo took his sister out through Exit F.

As soon as she got out of the station, Ren Xingmei turned around and saw several familiar white buildings: "Southern Second Hospital?"

The Second Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, where Ren Suo was staying when he was in a coma, was also the hospital where Ren Xingmei had stayed the longest.

Ren Suo took his sister to the hospital atrium. Although there were no flower beds and fountains like in the big hospitals in TV dramas, there were some grassy areas and green plants, as well as a few benches.

Patients will come to sit in the atrium when they have time. After all, the green grass looks very comfortable, without any garbage or signs of trampling. In the hospital garden, the warning signs "Today you step on my head, tomorrow I will grow on your grave" are particularly powerful and effective.

Ren Suo took his sister to sit down, looked at the busy corridor and the familiar buildings, and suddenly pointed to the road beside the stream not far away and said, "Wasn't that a cobblestone road before?"

“Not only is it not a cobblestone road, there is no stream either.” Ren Xingmei said, “I don’t know where the running water comes from.”

"I wonder if that chubby head nurse is still here."

"It's been more than ten years. I remember that head nurse was already quite old. If she were still alive, it would be even worse."

"Maybe. The handsome doctor who used to give me candies now has his bald photo hanging in the column of chief physicians at the door. Time is really a butcher's knife."

When talking about the hospital, Ren Suo and his sister opened up, discussing everything from doctors and nurses to architectural styles. If someone who didn't know them heard their conversation, they might think they were interns without white coats.

As they chatted, Ren Suo suddenly held his forehead and sighed, "This hospital actually occupies such a large part of my childhood memories..."

Ren Xingmei smiled and said, "After all, you used to accompany me in the hospital."

"It's not just the hospital," Ren Suo raised his head and looked at the white clouds above him. "It's also the community, home, square, shopping mall... We almost always acted together when we were young. I am in your memories, and you are in my memories."

Ren Suo said seriously: "I have always had very few friends, so I have always been grateful that I have a sister like you."

Ren Xingmei seemed to sense something, and she closed her lips tightly, listening to Ren Suo's judgment of her.

"It's troublesome to make new friends. You have to introduce yourself and get along with each other. However, you may hurt others unintentionally, or be hurt by others... So Xingmei, you are the most special person to me."

"I watched the adventure of Little Tigers in the summer with a fan on, I played fun games with you in the hospital, I enjoyed the joy of being a naughty kid when I lit firecrackers during the Spring Festival, and there are many more. You participated in everything."

"In my past life, I ate with you, played with you, drank with you, and had fun with you... Xingmei, you make up my life. If it weren't for you, I would definitely only be friends with loneliness."

Ren Suo turned his head to look at her and said, "And to you, I am a similar existence."

"So, you will have some kind of illusion, some kind of wrong love. Secret love is the easiest to move yourself and hypnotize yourself. The world in your eyes will be covered with a thick filter, making you mistakenly believe that it is real."

Ren Xingmei: "I..."

"Because if you've liked someone for a long time, it's like completely tying that person to your past. If you regret having liked someone in the past, wouldn't that mean you've denied all your past time?"

Ren Xingmei bit her lip and stared at Ren Suo without saying a word.

"I spent ten years brewing a jar of girl's wine, but I was already drunk to the point of being flesh and blood."

Ren Suo whispered, "Should all seeds bloom and bear fruit? For those seeds that fell into saline-alkali land and miraculously produced bitter fruits and flowers of ill fate, would it be the best fate for them not to sprout from the beginning?"

"You are afraid of being seen by your classmates, afraid of confessing to your parents. Can you bear these accusations and rumors that have not yet happened?"

Tears welled up in Ren Xingmei's eyes. She suddenly understood Gu Yueyan's feelings a little, but she was no match for Gu Yueyan at all - seeds that germinated later still had room to compete, but seeds that grew in the wrong place would only have the fate of being uprooted.

"No, you can't bear it."

Ren Suo looked at his phone, took her hand and said, "Let's go, it's time to go home for dinner."

Ren Xingmei nodded silently, and she was suddenly not afraid anymore.

People are so strange. If you hand in half of your summer homework, you will be worried and unable to sleep at night because you are wondering whether the teacher will find out and punish you. But if you hand in a blank homework directly and anticipate the worst outcome, you will feel at ease - the horror of the unknown is far greater than tragedy.

The reason for being nervous and afraid is that you are expecting and worrying about something in your heart, and it makes you feel that there may be a surprise in the next second.

Tragedy is not scary; it is the surprise that does not belong to you that makes people anxious.

Just like your favorite TV show might have a sequel.

But now that the sequel has been cancelled, she naturally gave up all her expectations and prepared herself mentally for this uninteresting and even hated story to come to an end.

When she returned to the community, Ren Xingmei saw Ren's mother buying vegetables in front of her, so she broke free from Ren Suo's hand and ran over to help her mother carry the basket, very naturally switching to the persona of a good girl.

When Ren's mother saw Ren Suo, she was furious: "Look at you, you don't even take the initiative to come over and help get things! Are you a lazy pig?"

Ren Suo, who was too lazy to take things, nodded: "I'm a lazy pig."

"Are you a pig? You are worse than a pig. You can't even get cabbage!" When it comes to this, Ren's mother gets angry. She snorts coldly and takes her good daughter home.

Ren Suo scratched his head in confusion, thinking, wasn't it just because he asked his mother to cook some dishes? Was there any need for her to be so angry?

After staying at home for a while, Ren's father also rode his bicycle back home. When he saw Ren Suo, his eyes lit up, and he came over and patted Ren Suo on the shoulder, saying, "Let's have a drink later."

Ren Suo: "I don't drink..."

"When you are sad, you should use sadness to relieve your sadness." Ren's father said with a happy face:

"Since you don't drink, then let's not drink white wine for now. When I passed by the canteen, I asked them to bring up some beer. We can drink it slowly later. Your dad doesn't have classes this afternoon."

One of you skipped work and the other has no classes. Isn't this life so fulfilling?

After Ren's mother prepared a sumptuous meal and put it on the table, Ren's father poured Ren Suo a full glass of beer and said in an encouraging tone: "Don't worry, son. Even though you have gone astray, the worst that can happen is that you can start all over again. You are still young!"

Although she was very unhappy, she still encouraged her son because he was her own son. "You should behave yourself in the future. Your parents can't help you. You have to rely on yourself to live a happy life."

Ren Suo was stunned by what they said and asked, "Have you guessed it all?"

Father Ren, who looked loving, and Mother Ren, who was sighing, nodded. Mother Ren said, "You are my son. I know everything about you when you lift your butt and poop or pee. How can you hide it from me? Come on, tell me. This way, we will all feel better."

Ren Xingmei looked at them with some confusion. She always felt that her brother and her parents were not on the same page.

Ren Suo thought that was true, so he asked, "Then you have to answer a question for me first."

Ren's father: "Lin Xianyu."

Ren’s mother: “I can’t choose.”

Ren Suo didn't bother to care about what channel their thoughts jumped to, and asked directly: "Are Xingmei and I siblings?"

Ren Xingmei was stunned for a moment, looked at Ren Suo in astonishment, then looked at her parents.

"Hmm? Well, of course... hm?"

Ren's father and mother's expressions changed instantly, but they were both experienced veterans. Ren's mother put down her chopsticks, managed to calm down and smiled: "Why do you ask such a question? Of course it's a relative."

"I don't believe it," Ren Suo said directly, "It's no use for you to lie to me. I just need to take some hair from me, my sister and you to test the DNA, then I will know the result——"

Suddenly, Ren's mother picked up a beer bottle and was about to smash the table in protest, but Ren's father stopped her quickly: "Calm down, you cooked all these dishes!"

Mother Ren breathed heavily. Thinking about how much effort she had put into preparing this table of food, she slowly put down the beer bottle, stared at Ren Suo and said, "If you dare to do any DNA testing, then you will never come back to this family again in your life."

Ren's father also said: "Whether you are siblings or not, you are all our children. Suozi, your mother is serious. She doesn't want the relationship between us to deteriorate because of a useless DNA report."

Ren Suo said, "I understand. If it were me, I would do the same. The best way to adopt a child is of course to prevent her from doubting her origins and to let her grow up happily. After all, children with both parents can avoid a lot of bullying in their childhood. The information about the biological parents must also give way before the child grows up."

"But now that we are all grown up, do we really not even have the right to know?"

Although he said so, Ren Suo was very sure that his sister was adopted. After all, the figures of her parents that appeared in her childhood memories did not look like Ren's father and mother at all.

But there is another possibility, that is, he was also adopted. On a dark and windy night, when Ren's mother went to recharge her phone bill, she suddenly...

Ren's mother narrowed her eyes at them and said, "You haven't yet."

"When will it be available?"

"Let's wait until you two get married and have a family," Ren's mother said. "Only when you are both happy and no longer haunted by the phantoms of the past, I will let you know the truth."

Ren Suo and Ren Xingmei looked at each other and Ren Xingmei nodded.

She is already very satisfied with the result!

Ren Suo and she are not biological siblings!

Although Ren Xingmei knew that this was meaningless, at most it would make her less morally flawed and less cautious when reproducing, but it would not help their relationship.

Ren Suo believed that her feelings were an illusion bound by the past, a secret love that could not stand the test, and a flower of ill-fated fate that should not bloom, so Ren Xingmei had no way to deal with it.

Lorifis is right when he says, if you wish for something unrequited, you must accept the consequences.

Ren Suo exhaled: "Nothing, I just want to confirm this matter. Anyway, no matter what, you are my parents."

"I came back to tell you something else."

Here it comes!

Ren's mother and father, who were in a bad mood because of this little episode, recovered instantly.

Needless to say, Ren's father was full of anticipation, just waiting for Ren Suo to tell him the news that he was dumped, and then, as a father, he would comfort him, guide him, and hint that he should pursue true happiness.

Ren's mother refused to admit defeat. She thought that even if she was dumped, she could still pursue him! One should never give up hope. Who knows, someone might be blind again? She wanted to encourage her son, this lazy pig, to strike again. He had to get her something in return!

Facing his parents' expectant eyes, Ren Suo coughed, took his sister's hand and raised it high in front of her stunned gaze, and said:

"Dad, Mom, I like Xingmei."

Ren's father and mother blinked their eyes, as if they thought they had heard something wrong.

"When I was a kid, I liked Xingmei because I thought she was my best friend and a sister I had to protect."

"I liked Xingmei when I was a teenager because she, like the game, was my purest first love."

"I like Xingmei now because I hope that she who accompanied me in the first half of my life can continue to accompany me in the second half."

"Brother..." Ren Xingmei couldn't help but let out a soft cry.

Ren Suo turned his head and looked at her, blinking his eyes. "Seeds that fall on saline-alkali land should not bloom or bear fruit, but the blame should not be placed on the seeds, but on the saline-alkali land."

"Xingmei, you and I grew up together as childhood sweethearts. I have all your illusions and your false love."

"You have been my idol since childhood. Did I hone my gaming skills just to play games? Yes, but more importantly, I just wanted to find a reason to play with you."

Ren Xingmei murmured, "So you've already been trained to that level..."

Ren Suo's face darkened, and then he chuckled and said, "Our past has long been tightly bound together and is inseparable."

"I'm not moved by you, nor do I fall in love with every girl I meet, but... I suddenly have a new idea."

"You and I tried every possible way to save Zhao Linger, practiced sniping to beat the gun god in the next class, and helped our parents with housework to buy games... You made me who I am today."

“There is nothing wrong with being bound by the past. It is precisely because of the good past that we have expectations for the future.

"I want to play more games with you, witness the development of games, play virtual reality VR games together, and welcome the holographic era of brain intubation together..."

"My future cannot be without you."

"Besides..." Ren Suo turned his head, his eyes drifting, and his tone became erratic: "Too much debt is not a problem..."

Ren Xingmei stupidly listened to Ren Suo's messy confession. After sorting it out, she suddenly smiled and said, "You like me just to let me help you play games?"

"Is it not possible?"

"How can there be a brother like you..."

"Because I have a sister like you."

Ren Xingmei blinked her eyes, the moonlight twinkling in them, and said softly, "Ah, who told you to play the game so badly? Even I can't stand it, so..."

"I am not a talented girl, but I am willing to agree to your request to form a team for the rest of my life. Regardless of any criticism or rumors, I will -"

Ren Suo shook his head: "No need, as the saline-alkali land where the flower of bad fate bloomed, I have already realized it. I will handle all the blame--"

Bang!

While the two of them were chatting, Ren's father and mother did not disconnect.

They silently put the food on the table to a safe place behind them, and then put a dozen beer bottles on the table. Hearing Ren Suo's words, Ren's mother picked up two beer bottles and was about to smash them - one of the benefits of her son becoming a monk is that he can fight without holding back and can use any tool.

At this time, Ren's father stopped her again: "Wait, son, let me ask you, what are you going to do with the other girls?"

"Of course I can't let them down. I'm not a scumbag." Ren Suo said as a matter of course.

For a moment, he didn't know if this was the right word for 'let down', so Ren's father remained silent. He said to Ren's mother, "Wait a minute, I'll go draw the curtains. Family disgrace should not be made public."

Ren Suo's eyebrows jumped wildly, and he quickly stood up and said, "Wait, can you calm down and talk about this? Mom, put down the beer bottle first!"

Mother Ren gnashed her teeth and said word by word: "Fuck!"

Mom is mad as hell.

Ren Suo swallowed his saliva, pulled his sister back and said, "Didn't you say you had guessed my intention? Didn't you say you knew when I lifted my butt to poop and pee? Why are you still so angry!"

"How could I have guessed that you, a damned thing, would want to take my own tender cabbage? Lift your butt up! I won't bully you. I spanked you ten times when you were a kid, and I'll spank you ten times now!"